#level 1

I wasn't going to post anything about the patch until next month, but I don't think this counts as spoilers.

these are some of the most vulnerable and disenfranchised mad people, and we need to give them a voice.

- basic stuff like eating and showering is hit or miss

- more advanced stuff like doctor, mechanic, fix furnace ... some hit mostly miss

- missing crucial social skills

- crushing loneliness due to above

- limited participation in the world due to sensory overload and lack of skills

- (e.g., I want to go to this event in town but it's going to be loud, I don't know anyone there, and I can't handle that).

- easy to get taken advantage of because I don't always know when people are being inappropriate

- (how know the difference between creepy touching and normal touching when all touching feels bad?)

- covered in self injury bruises and scratches from sensory overload and meltdowns

- no friends, no family I'm close with, never been on a real date, barely would know how to do those things

- no support. none. support would have to come from friends or family and I have none.

- there is nowhere to ask for help. my struggles are dismissed as "you're just different and that's ok!!" or "no you have superpowers:)))".

PT: ASD Levels Pride Flags /end PT

Colors taken from my autism support needs flags (link), while the nautilus comes from @ipso-faculty's autism pride flags (link).

Althought ASD levels and supports needs aren't strickly the same concepts, they're often used interchangably and they're often directly linked, ence why I've choosen the colors of the autism support needs flags as a base.

In @ipso-faculty's flag the shell symbolises plural ideas: stylised verson of the Autism Spectrum Wheel, a fractal-like pattern that reminds the infinity symbols and a representation of our autistic metaphorical shells.

I've kept the same ideas in the design. Though, in addition, the different shades are linking each levels together, to highlight that they're diverse, complex yet an interconnected continuum.

Find the PSD on Deviantart (link)!

Level One Pride Flags

PT: Level One Pride Flags /end PT

ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of green, light green and yellow on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID

ID: the same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID

Level Two Pride Flags

PT: Level Two Pride Flags /end PT

ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of yellow, green and cyan on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID

ID: same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID

Level Three Pride Flags

PT: Level Three Pride Flags /end PT

ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of blue, cyan and yellow on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID

ID: same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID